Qatar Awards Refinery Contract To GS and Daewoo.The state-owned Qatar Petroleum Qatar Petroleum (QP) is a state owned petroleum company in Qatar. The company operates all oil and gas activities in Qatar, including exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage. (QP) on June 20 signed a $668.7m contract for construction of a new condensate refinery with a consortium of GS Engineering and Construction Corp and Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co Ltd - both of South Korea. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, the second deputy premier and minister of energy and industry and chairman of QP, signed the 42-month contract. This covers the detailed engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning of the refinery and associated storage and export facilities. The refinery, to be located at the Ras Laffan Industrial City, will process 146,000 b/d of North Field condensate to produce LPG LPG: see liquefied petroleum gas. 1. LPG - Linguaggio Procedure Grafiche (Italian for "Graphical Procedures Language"). dott. Gabriele Selmi. Roughly a cross between Fortran and APL, with graphical-oriented extensions and several peculiarities. , naphtha naphtha (năp`thə, năf`–), term usually restricted to a class of colorless, volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures. , kerosine kerosene, kerosine see paraffin (2). and gasoil. The plant will be operated by Qatar Liquefied Gas Co. (QatarGas) and is expected to be on stream by mid-2008. The major units of the complex include a condensate splitter and LPG/naphtha and kerosine hydrotreaters to desulphurise the products, enabling the plant to meet the most stringent product quality specifications. QatarGas, a major producer and exporter of LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. , is a joint venture of QP and ExxonMobil, with the other partners being Total of France and Japan's Mitsui & Co. and Marubeni. |
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